apo vs av, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“apo” is a verb and “av” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,685
“apo” frequency rank: #5,821
“av” frequency rank: 51506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apo	av
Definition	atar, juntar, ligar.	audiovisuel ("audiovisual"):

Letter map: apo vs av

Shared letters muted; letters that set apo and av apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

apo

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for apo / av

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apo is averb and avanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apo is recorded at frequency rank #45,685, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈa.poː/.. av is at rank #5,821, tagged as anabbrev.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 51506, this pair ranks #13,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apo vs av

Shared letters: a. Private to "apo": op. Private to "av": v.

"apo" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "av" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apo" for "av" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apo" is a verb and "av" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "apo" or "av" show up more?

"av" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,821 in our Portuguese list, against #45,685 for "apo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "apo" and "av". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "apo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "av" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #13,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"apo" and "av" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs apo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.